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Ubuntu Server 26.04 LTS Will Now Automatically Install HWE/OEM Kernel Packages

2 hodiny 16 min zpět
Ubuntu LTS releases on the desktop have automatically installed OEM vendor kernels where needed and hardware enablement "HWE" kernels in later point releases by default. This provides a better out-of-the-box experience for Ubuntu desktop users and one less chore post-install if desiring a newer/better kernel. With Ubuntu Server 26.04 LTS, the server installer is finally doing the same...

Exploring The Workloads Where The AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Makes A Lot Of Sense

2 hodiny 40 min zpět
With this week's launch of the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition I've found some of the commentary quite surprising among those arguing it's really not a competitive or interesting product. While the cost may be hard to justify at $899 USD compared to the existing Ryzen 9000 series products or Intel's new Core Plus CPUs, particularly for developers, technical computing, etc the performance of the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 is quite interesting. I've had much enjoyment benchmarking the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 for technical use-cases. In this article is a complementary look to my launch day AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 review to better condense the 300+ benchmarks I've run to date on this flagship processor.

System76 Thelio Major Workstation Updated For Better Thermals, More Performance

2 hodiny 51 min zpět
Following the recently-launched Thelio Mira redesign, System76 today announced the new Thelio Major workstation with improved thermals and more performance...

Ubuntu 26.04 Allows "sudo apt install rocm" But It's Months Out-Of-Date

4 hodiny 12 min zpět
Canonical announced last year that in collaboration with AMD they would be bringing the ROCm software libraries into the Ubuntu archive for Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. The plan has been to ship AMD ROCm AI/ML and HPC libraries in the Ubuntu archive so it would be as easy as sudo apt install rocm for getting started with AMD's open-source GPU compute stack. With today being the Ubuntu 26.04 LTS release day, I decided to revisit the topic...

OpenBLAS 0.3.33 Released With Automatic "BIGNUMA" For More Than 256 CPU Cores

5 hodin 17 min zpět
OpenBLAS 0.3.33 is out today as the latest update to this vendor-neutral, optimized Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms "BLAS" library...

Many USB Improvements & New Hardware Merged For Linux 7.1

7 hodin 11 min zpět
Ready to go ahead of the Linux 7.1 merge window closing at week's end are numerous new USB device support additions and other USB subsystem enhancements...

Linux 7.1 Lands The Apple SMC Power Driver For Reporting Battery Metrics On MacBooks

7 hodin 27 min zpět
The Linux Multi-Function Device "MFD" subsystem changes were merged this week for Linux 7.1 ahead of the merge window closing on Sunday...

FreeRDP 3.25 Adds Experimental AV1 Support

7 hodin 43 min zpět
FreeRDP as a leading open-source implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) has introduced experimental AV1 codec support...

Linux 7.1 Adds Support For 12 New SoCs, Other ARM & RISC-V Hardware

17 hodin 18 min zpět
All of the SoC updates were recently merged for the ongoing Linux 7.1 kernel cycle. Most of the activity as usual is on the Arm side but also with some RISC-V additions too for the Linux 7.1 kernel...

Intel Ends Open Ecosystem Community/Evangelism, Archives Other Open-Source Projects

22. Duben 2026 - 21:28
Over the past number of months there has been a steady flow of Intel open-source projects archived on GitHub amid the corporate restructuring at the company and realigning of their open-source focus. This week another batch of Intel open-source projects were formally archived...

Ubuntu Rust Coreutils Audit Revealed 113 Issues, Ubuntu 26.10 Aims For "100% Rust Coreutils"

22. Duben 2026 - 17:21
Ahead of tomorrow's Ubuntu 26.04 LTS release, Canonical published a blog post today outlining the state of Rust Coreutils for its premiere in this long-term support (LTS) version. Canonical also commissioned a security audit recently of Rust Coreutils that turned up 44 CVEs and 113 issues in total...

GCC 16 Compiler Nearly Ready For Release With Zen 6, AVX10.2, APX & Algol 68

22. Duben 2026 - 16:53
GCC 16.1 as the first stable version of the GCC 16 compiler is nearly ready for its official debut as this year's major feature release for this open-source compiler...

FreeBSD Working On Intel FRED Support, Laptop Improvements Continue

22. Duben 2026 - 16:30
FreeBSD is out today with their Q1-2026 status report to outline the many different development initiatives their open-source developers have participated in over the past quarter. There is a lot of hardware enablement efforts ongoing as well as continuing to make a more compelling desktop experience and also improving GUI and management options for FreeBSD systems...

KMSCON Continues Improving For VT Terminal Emulator In User-Space

22. Duben 2026 - 15:26
KMSCON 9.3.4 is out today for this virtual terminal (VT) emulator in user-space that runs atop the Linux DRM/KMS APIs for those wanting to enjoy a CONFIG_VT=n Linux kernel experience...

Many Great Networking Improvements Arrive In Linux 7.1

22. Duben 2026 - 15:11
Merged recently to Linux Git were the big set of networking changes for the Linux 7.1 kernel...

Ubuntu Looks Toward More Snap-Based Devpacks Moving Forward

22. Duben 2026 - 14:50
Canonical is out with a new blog post today outlining toolchain changes to Ubuntu Linux from Ubuntu 24.04 LTS to Ubuntu 26.04 LTS due for release tomorrow. While those changes over the past two years aren't too news worthy if you have been following the interim Ubuntu releases, what's interesting is their road ahead on the Ubuntu toolchain front for developers...

Intel LLM-Scaler vllm-0.14.0-b8.2 Released With Official Arc Pro B70 Support

22. Duben 2026 - 13:54
As part of Intel's LLM-Scaler initiative for AI inferencing on Intel Arc hardware, out today is their vllm-0.14.0-b8.2 update that includes officially supporting the Arc Pro B70 graphics card...

Intel Media Driver 2026Q1 Continues Nova Lake S Enablement

22. Duben 2026 - 13:26
Intel today published their official quarterly feature release to their open-source Media Driver providing Video Acceleration API (VA-API) support on Linux...

Ghostty OpenGL-Accelerated Terminal Available On Ubuntu 26.04 LTS

22. Duben 2026 - 11:27
Since Ubuntu 25.04 Ptyxis has been the default terminal emulator after it initially became available in Ubuntu 24.10. For the upcoming Ubuntu 26.04 LTS release, Ptyxis remains the default but Ghostty is now available too...

QEMU 11.0 Released With CET Virtualization Support, Native Nitro Enclaves

22. Duben 2026 - 11:14
The QEMU 11.0 emulator is now available for this important piece of the open-source Linux virtualization stack...